Well, I just wrapped my last teaching day at institute.
I’ll try to write a more comprehensive wrap-up post sometime soon, but I thought I’d share two things for now.
First – institute has introduced me to a strange new world of adult pleasures. That’s not half as raunchy as it sounds, either. The tiny, boring minutiae of existence are now intensely gratifying after a hard day at school. Shining my shoes, laundry, organizing my room, ironing – all that stuff actually brings me a feeling of deep satisfaction. I think this means one of two things: either I have taken an unexpected baby step toward adulthood or I have developed a real, honest-to-God mental illness. I would probably say the latter is more likely.
The other thing I want to share is the feedback I got from my end-of-course student surveys. The final two questions on the survey were “What was Mr. C’s biggest strength as a teacher?” and “What could Mr. C improve on?” (Note that my kids actually use my whole last name – I don’t do the Mr.-initial thing. I was told not to write it out because they’d Google me.)
Listed below are all of the responses I received.
What was Mr. C’s biggest strength as a teacher?
“Getting over on us”
“He made everything easy”
“He’s a loud speaker”
“Reading”
“I don’t know”
“Everything”
“One on one conversations”
“He helps us understand the lesson.”
“Being calm”
“Keeping my attention”
“I Really dont like you”
“Good at everything”
“Why you asking me that.”
“Sarcastic, funny.”
“Dont no”
“Explaining things”
What could Mr. C improve on?
“Speaking”
“He can write more on the board instead of just explaining it out loud”
“Giving people slack”
“I don’t know”
“Nothing”
“There was alot of writing.”
“Be more fun.”
“The way he teaches”
“Speaking a little louder and try better at keeping control”
“Don’t let power go to your head.”
“Nothing.”
“Ask Ms L.” (my collaborative partner.)
“Don’t know”
“Dont no”
“Talking”
